Arts Paper
As the editorially independent arm of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Arts Paper seeks to celebrate, explore, and investigate the fine, visual, performing and culinary arts in and around New Haven.
Clockwise, from top: Connecticut State Librarian Kendall F. Wiggin, David Green of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, NEMA Director of Engagement Meg Winikates, and Connecticut League of History Organizations Executive Director Laurie P Lamarre. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Actor and writer Kelley Knight at Thursday's The Commons. At the inaugural event last month, she said that she practices her craft because "I’ve found that if I don’t, it will kill me. It’ll kill my soul, it’ll kill my spirit. " Lucy Gellman Photos.
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An Historic was shredding, accordion style. In the front of the room, Brian Slattery produced a scream from his fiddle, bending at the waist as An Historic threw his shoulders and head into the music. Behind them, Chris Cretella lowered his face so close to his guitar that it looked as though he might pull at the strings with his teeth. The band was not even two minutes in, and everyone was sweating.
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Artist Linda Lindroth is advocating for bringing in new public art to calm traffic at Livingston and Cold Spring Street, where there is a dangerous four-way stop. Camille Ansley wants to see grassroots neighborhood beautification in Cedar Hill. The Neighborhood Public Improvement Funds (NPIP) budget may only be able to cover one. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Students came out from all corners of the state for the march. Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Netta: “So what I notice, especially in the music scene, sometimes everybody leaves Connecticut. And it shouldn’t be like that. I want to bring pride back to being from here. We did this here. This is just for you and I. This is for us.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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On Thursday evening, finalist Miller took the stage to conduct an all-russian program at Woolsey Hall, starting with Alexander Borodin (In The Steppes Of Central Asia) and working through Shostakovich up to an epic, bombastic Tsaikovsky. In the audience sat music haven students robert oakley, cris zunis, noel mitchell and Jordan Brown, all ready for a different aspect of the program.
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"I’ve taken our privileges, our freedoms, for granted. So I want to hear the voices of immigrants express their drive and their desire with the hope that Americans can learn from that." Rendering courtesy of the artist.
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